Glad

/ɡlæd/ adjective

Feeling happy, pleased, or thankful about something.

From Old English *glæd* meaning “bright, shining, cheerful,” related to words in other Germanic languages for smooth or shining. It originally had a sense of brightness and smoothness, which shifted into inner brightness — happiness.

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